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“There's Just No Support Group Unless You Find Somebody Who Can Also Relate.”
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“There's Just No Support Group Unless You Find Somebody Who Can Also Relate.”
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“I didn't realize some of the things that I would be called to do would be as difficult as they were.”
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“He was proud he was able to help save one of his fellow pilots.”
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“...all night long our parents became other people.”
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“...all night long our parents became other people.”
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“People talk about someone who's at home in their own skin; that was Jen.”
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“People talk about someone who's at home in their own skin; that was Jen.”
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#TheGreatListen

Discover incredible stories of community and connection as part of our national movement to create an oral history of our time.

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“A man of the ages is not someone who is called daddy.”
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“A man of the ages is not someone who is called daddy.”
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Lola's Work
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Lola's Work
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“Everybody wanted to be at our house.”
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“Everybody wanted to be at our house.”
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“I can't fix the country... but I can brighten my own corner. “
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“I can't fix the country... but I can brighten my own corner. “

Get to Know StoryCorps

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An Introduction to StoryCorps from our Founder
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Stories to Lift Your Spirit

Celebrating Indigenous Voices

In honor of Native American Heritage Month, listen to the many varied stories and voices of indigenous people past and present.

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Where I Come From
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Where I Come From

Barnie Botone was 22 years old when he got his very first job on the railroad. At StoryCorps, he remembered the day he told his grandmother the news.
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“This year, I'm the age she was when she disappeared.”
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“This year, I'm the age she was when she disappeared.”

Twenty years ago, Leona Kinsey disappeared from her home in La Grande, Oregon and was never seen again. Her daughter, Carolyn DeFord, a Puyallup tribal member, came to StoryCorps to remember the impact of her disappearance.
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“She stood up and said, ‘No, I have something to say.’”
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“She stood up and said, ‘No, I have something to say.’”

Gina Olaya and Kellen Quinton remember their family member, Wilma Mankiller, and talk about how she made history when she became the first woman Chief of the Cherokee Nation.
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"It changes the way that you carry yourself."
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"It changes the way that you carry yourself."

Grete Bergman came to StoryCorps with her friend, Sarah Whalen-Lunn, to talk about their experiences giving and receiving traditional Native markings.